In an image formation apparatus having a function to detect a direction of an original image, in a case where an image formation mode is set by using a touch panel, a keybutton to instruct whether or not direction detection is to be performed is displayed on a setting screen of an image formation mode to which direction detection is effective, while such the key is not displayed on a setting screen of an image formation mode to which direction detection is not effective. The image formation mode to which direction detection is effective includes a mode to record images of one-face originals onto two faces of a sheet, a mode to arrange and record images of plural originals onto one sheet, a mode to perform stapling at designated corner positions of sheets, and the like.
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1. An image formation apparatus comprising: input means for inputting an image of an original; judgment means for judging a direction of the original image input by said input means; a touch panel display for displaying a setting screen including a key to set an image formation mode; and display control means for displaying, in a case where the image formation mode set on said touch panel display is an image formation mode for which to judge the original image direction is effective, an image direction judgment key used to instruct whether or not the original image direction is to be judged on the setting screen of the image formation mode.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising process means for rotating, in a case where the image direction judgment key is on, the image input by said input means on the basis of the judgment result by said judgment means.
3. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image formation mode for which to judge the original image direction is effective includes a mode to record images of one-face originals onto two faces of a sheet.
4. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image formation mode for which to judge the original image direction is effective includes a mode to staple sheets.
5. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image formation mode for which to judge the original image direction is effective includes a mode to arrange and record the images of the plural originals onto one sheet.
6. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the image direction judgment key is on, said display control means displays the setting screen for designating whether the original image input by said input means is a negative image or a positive image.
7. An apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein, in a case where it is designated that the input original image is the negative image, said judgment means judges the image direction after negative-to-positive inverting the input original image.
8. An apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising setting means for previously setting, in a case where the image formation mode for which to judge the original image direction is effective is set, whether the image direction judgment key is to be displayed in an on state or in an off state.
9. An image formation apparatus comprising: input means for inputting an image of an original; judgment means for judging a direction of the original image input by said input means; a touch panel display for displaying a setting screen including a key to set an image formation mode; display control means for displaying, on said touch panel display, a first key to input an instruction as to whether or not the direction of the original image is to be judged by said judgment means and a second key to designate whether the original image input by said input means is a negative image or a positive image; and setting means for previously setting whether or not the second key is to be displayed in response to the input of the first key.
10. An apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein, in a case where it has been set by said setting means to display the second key, said display control means displays the second key in response to an operation that the first key is turned on from its off state.
11. An apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein, in a case where it has been set by said setting means not to display the second key, said judgment means judges the image direction on the premise that the original input by said input means is the positive image.
12. An image formation apparatus comprising: judgment means for judging a direction of an image on an original; mode setting means for setting an image formation mode; an image direction judgment key for selecting whether or not said judgment means is to be operated; and key input control means for making, in a case where the image formation mode set by said mode setting means is an image formation mode which is influenced by the direction of the original image, effective the input of said image direction judgment key.
13. An apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the image formation mode which is influenced by the direction of the original image includes a mode to record images of one-face originals onto two faces of a sheet.
14. An apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the image formation mode which is influenced by the direction of the original image includes a mode to staple sheets.
15. An apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the image formation mode which is influenced by the direction of the original image includes a mode to arrange and record the images of the plural originals onto one sheet.
16. An apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein said judgment means judges the direction of the image on the basis of a direction of a character included in the original image.
17. An apparatus according to claim 16 , further comprising image kind selection means for selecting whether the original image is a negative image or a positive image, and wherein said judgment means uses a different judgment method in accordance with the selection result of said image kind selection means.
18. A control method for an image formation apparatus, comprising the steps of: inputting an image of an original; displaying a setting screen of a desired image formation mode on a touch panel display; in a case where the set image formation mode is an image formation mode for which to judge an original image direction is effective, displaying an image direction judgment key used to instruct whether or not the original image direction is to be judged on the setting screen of said image formation mode; and in a case where the image direction judgment key is on, judging the direction of the original image input in said input step.
19. A method according to claim 18 , further comprising the step of rotating the image input in said input step, on the basis of the judged result of said judgment step.
20. A method according to claim 18 , wherein the image formation mode for which to judge the original image direction is effective includes a mode to record images of one-face originals onto two faces of a sheet.
21. A method according to claim 18 , wherein the image formation mode for which to judge the original image direction is effective includes a mode to staple sheets.
22. A method according to claim 18 , wherein the image formation mode for which to judge the original image direction is effective includes a mode to arrange and record the images of the plural originals onto one sheet.
23. A method according to claim 18 , further comprising the step of displaying, in a case where the image direction judgment key is on, a setting screen for designating whether the original image input in said input step is a negative image or a positive image.
24. A method according to claim 23 , wherein, in a case where it is designated that the input original image is the negative image, said judgment step judges the image direction after negative-to-positive inverting the original image input in said input step.
25. A method according to claim 18 , further comprising the step of previously setting, in a case where the image formation mode for which to judge the original image direction is effective is set, whether the image direction judgment key is to be displayed in an on state or in an off state.
26. A control method for an image formation apparatus, comprising the steps of: inputting an image of an original; displaying a first key to input an instruction as to whether or not a direction of the original image is to be judged, on a touch panel display; judging the direction of the original image input in said input step; and previously setting whether or not a second key to designate whether the original image input in said input step is a negative image or a positive image is to be displayed on the touch panel display in response to the input of the first key.
27. A method according to claim 26 , further comprising the step of displaying, in a case where it is set in said setting step to display the second key, the second key in response to an operation that the first key is turned on from its off state.
28. A method according to claim 26 , wherein, in a case where it is set in said setting step not to display the second key, said judgment step judges the image direction on the premise that the original input in said input step is the positive image.
29. A control method for an image formation apparatus, comprising: setting an image formation mode; making, in a case where the image formation mode set in said mode setting step is an image formation mode which is influenced by a direction of an original image, effective an input of an image direction judgment key for selecting whether or not the direction of the original image is to be judged; judging the direction of the original image in accordance with the input of the image direction judgment key.
30. A method according to claim 29 , wherein the image formation mode which is influenced by the direction of the original image includes a mode to record images of one-face originals onto two faces of a sheet.
31. A method according to claim 29 , wherein the image formation mode which is influenced by the direction of the original image includes a mode to staple sheets.
32. A method according to claim 29 , wherein the image formation mode which is influenced by the direction of the original image includes a mode to arrange and record the images of the plural originals onto one sheet.
33. A method according to claim 29 , wherein said judgment step judges the direction of the image on the basis of a direction of a character included in the original image.
34. A method according to claim 33 , further comprising the step of selecting whether the original image is a negative image or a positive image, and wherein said judgment step uses a different judgment method in accordance with the selection result of said selection step.
35. A computer-readable recording medium for storing a program to cause an image formation apparatus to execute the following steps of: inputting an image of an original; displaying a setting screen of a desired image formation mode on a touch panel display; in a case where the set image formation mode is an image formation mode for which to judge an original image direction is effective, displaying an image direction judgment key for inputting an instruction as to whether or not the original image direction is to be judged, on the setting screen of the image formation mode; and in a case where the image direction judgment key is on, judging the direction of the original image input in said input step.
36. A medium according to claim 35 , wherein the image formation mode which is influenced by the direction of the original image includes a mode to record images of one-face originals onto two faces of a sheet.
37. A medium according to claim 35 , wherein the image formation mode which is influenced by the direction of the original image includes a mode to staple sheets.
38. A medium according to claim 35 , wherein the image formation mode which is influenced by the direction of the original image includes a mode to arrange and record the images of the plural originals onto one sheet.
39. A medium according to claim 35 , wherein said judgment step judges the direction of the image on the basis of a direction of a character included in the original image.
40. A medium according to claim 39 , further comprising the step of selecting whether the original image is a negative image or a positive image, and wherein said judgment step uses a different judgment method in accordance with the selection result of said selection step.
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